The Payback Chords by James Brown

Tempo:
97.35 bpm
Chords used:

Bbm

G

Ab

Bm

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Payback chords
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[Bbm] [Db]
[Eb] Hey, [Bbm] you got to pay back.
[Cm] [Db] Revenge.
[Bbm]
You got [Dbm] to get back.
I need some [Eb] get back.
[Db] Pay back.
Pay back.
[Dbm] God damn.
Pay back.
[Bb] [Db] [Eb] Revenge.
Get down with my daddy's right.
[Dbm] [Bbm] Well, fucking.
Because.
[Bm] [G]
You know who to thank.
[E] [Bbm]
Pay back [G] is a thing you got to see.
Hell.
Never do any damn thing to me.
[A] [Abm] [Bbm]
Sold me out.
[Ab] A [G] chicken chain.
Told me they [Bm] [G] had it all arranged.
To hand me down.
[Ab] [G] Not to [Db] [Gm] fight.
Now you're [Bbm] fucked.
[Ab] [Dbm] You [G] got to get ready.
Got to dig payback.
[Ab] [Bb] Dig payback.
[Bbm] That's where I [Db] left.
[Ab] Got to [Bbm] dig payback.
I can do [Bm] wheeling.
[G] I can do dealing.
Yes, you can.
[Ab] [G] But I don't do no damn wheeling.
[Db] I can dig [G] rapping.
I'm ready.
[D] [G] I can dig stabbing.
[Db] [G] But I can't [Ab] dig [Db] that back [Bbm] stabbing.
Oh, no.
[Ab] [G]
The brother get ready.
[Ab] [Bbm] That's the fact.
[G] Get ready, you mother.
[A] On the [Bbm] big payback.
Hey.
[Db] Let me hit him.
Hit him, friend.
Hit him.
[Fm] [Bbm]
Hey, hey.
Lord.
[Bm] [Bbm]
[Dbm] [G]
You took my money.
You got my honey.
[Ab] [Bbm]
Don't want me to see what [Bbm] you're doing to me.
I'm gonna get [Bm] back, [Bbm]
I gotta deal with you.
[Dbm] [G] Gotta deal with it, gotta deal with it, [Bm] [G]
gotta deal with it.
[Ab] [Bbm]
Get down, look, [Ab] [G] that ain't right.
You hard-earned [E] cuss, you [G] want a fight?
Look here, [Ab] [G]
don't do me no done favor.
[Db] No karate, [G] but a little grazer.
Look, hey, [Bm] [Bbm]
get ready, get ready [G] you mother.
Hey, [Ab] [G]
I'm a man, I'm a son of a man.
[Ab] [G] But don't take value, then pop again.
[Ab] [Bbm] Get ready for the big payback, [Ab] [G]
hitting again.
[Db] [Bbm]
[Ab] [Bbm] Lord, don't
[Bm] [Bbm] take, get
[Bm] [Bbm] ready, I need it, [A] I need it, hit again.
[Ab] [Bbm] Same one, same one, [Bm] [G] same one.
Look there, [Db] [Eb]
Lord, [Ab] [Bbm] you're getting paid now.
Sold me out [Ab] to [Bbm] get chained.
Said my woman had an oil ring.
Tried to make [Bm] a deal, [Bbm] she wanted to squeal.
[Ab] [Bbm]
But I had my [A] bone [Bbm] of heels.
Saw her with some men, [Bb] [Bbm] don't lie.
They broke [Bm] down and they [G] kept going.
[Bm] I don't [Bbm] care what she does, I'm gonna be doing just like she was.
Take those kids out and raise them up.
So hard to think [Bb] I'm a [Bbm] righteous cuss.
[Bb] Take her, [Ab] [Bbm] take that woman.
It's one way [Bm] she's bound.
[Bbm]
[D] I'm [Bbm] down.
Make her get up, [Bb] [G] make her get up, get out.
Make her get up, make her get up, get out.
I'm mad, [Ab] [Db] I want revenge.
[A] [Db] I want revenge, [G] my [Eb] patience ends on [Bbm] revenge.
My patience ends on [Bm] revenge.
[G] I want revenge, [Gb] gonna [Bbm] get some hits.
I need those hits, [Bm] [Bbm] I need those hits.
Hit me,
[Eb]
loud, those hits.
[Ab] [Gm] Carry [G]
on, carry on.
[Bm] [Bbm]
Faithful melody.
[Fm] [Eb] [G]
[Ab] [G] [Bbm] All [Ebm]
right.
[G]
[Db] [Eb] Da dee da da, [G] da dee da da, da dee da da.
[Ab] [Bbm] [Gm]
The Big [A] Hood.
[Dbm] [Gb] [N]
[B] [N]
Key:  
Bbm
13421111
G
2131
Ab
134211114
Bm
13421112
Db
12341114
Bbm
13421111
G
2131
Ab
134211114
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Let's start jamming James Brown - The Payback chords, practice the chord sequence Bm, Bbm, Ab, Bbm, Bbm, Bm, Ab and G. Kick off your practice at a gentle 48 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 97 BPM. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: Gb Major.

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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Hey, [Bbm] _ _ you got to pay back.
_ [Cm] _ [Db] _ Revenge. _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
You got _ [Dbm] to get back.
I need some [Eb] get back.
_ _ [Db] Pay back.
_ Pay back.
[Dbm] _ God damn.
Pay back.
[Bb] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] Revenge. _
_ _ Get down with my _ _ _ daddy's right.
_ [Dbm] _ [Bbm] Well, fucking.
_ Because.
[Bm] _ [G] _ _
You know who to thank.
_ [E] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ Pay back [G] is a thing you got to see.
_ Hell.
_ _ Never do any damn thing to me.
_ [A] _ _ [Abm] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ Sold me out.
[Ab] A [G] chicken chain.
_ _ Told me they [Bm] [G] had it all arranged.
To hand me down.
[Ab] _ [G] Not to [Db] _ [Gm] fight.
Now you're [Bbm] fucked.
[Ab] [Dbm] You [G] got to get ready.
Got to dig payback.
[Ab] _ [Bb] Dig payback.
[Bbm] That's where I [Db] left.
[Ab] Got to [Bbm] dig payback.
_ _ I can do [Bm] wheeling.
[G] I can do dealing.
Yes, you can.
[Ab] [G] But I don't do no damn wheeling.
_ _ _ [Db] I can dig [G] rapping.
_ _ I'm ready.
[D] [G] I can dig stabbing.
[Db] _ _ [G] But I can't [Ab] dig [Db] that back [Bbm] stabbing.
Oh, no.
_ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _
_ The brother get ready.
[Ab] [Bbm] That's the fact.
_ [G] Get ready, you mother.
[A] On the [Bbm] big payback.
_ Hey.
_ _ [Db] Let me hit him.
Hit him, friend.
Hit him.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bbm]
Hey, hey.
_ Lord.
[Bm] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ You took my money. _
_ You got my honey.
[Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ Don't want me to see what [Bbm] you're doing to me.
_ _ _ I'm gonna get [Bm] back, [Bbm] _ _
_ I gotta deal with you.
[Dbm] [G] Gotta deal with it, gotta deal with it, [Bm] _ [G] _ _
_ gotta deal with it.
[Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ Get down, look, [Ab] _ [G] that ain't right.
_ You hard-earned [E] cuss, you [G] want a fight?
_ _ _ Look here, [Ab] _ [G] _ _
_ don't do me no done favor.
[Db] _ _ No karate, [G] but a little grazer.
_ Look, hey, [Bm] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ get ready, _ _ _ _ _ get ready [G] you mother. _ _ _
_ _ Hey, _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _
_ I'm a man, _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm a son of a man.
_ [Ab] [G] But don't take value, _ then pop again.
_ [Ab] [Bbm] Get ready for the big payback, _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _
hitting again.
[Db] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ Lord, don't _
[Bm] _ [Bbm] _ _ take, get _ _
[Bm] _ [Bbm] ready, I need it, [A] I need it, hit again. _
[Ab] _ [Bbm] Same one, _ same one, [Bm] _ [G] same one.
Look there, [Db] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Lord, _ _ _ [Ab] [Bbm] you're getting paid now.
Sold me out [Ab] to [Bbm] get chained. _
_ Said my woman had an oil ring. _ _
_ Tried to make [Bm] a deal, _ [Bbm] she wanted to squeal.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _
But I had my [A] bone [Bbm] of heels. _ _
Saw her with some men, [Bb] [Bbm] don't lie. _ _
_ They broke [Bm] down and they [G] kept going. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] I don't [Bbm] care what she does, _ _ _ I'm gonna be doing just like she was. _ _
_ Take those kids out and raise them up. _ _ _
So hard to think [Bb] I'm a [Bbm] righteous cuss. _ _
_ [Bb] Take her, [Ab] _ [Bbm] take that woman.
It's one way [Bm] she's bound.
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] I'm [Bbm] down.
_ _ Make her get up, _ [Bb] [G] make her get up, get out.
Make her get up, _ make her get up, get out.
I'm mad, _ [Ab] [Db] I want revenge.
_ [A] [Db] I want revenge, [G] _ my [Eb] patience ends on [Bbm] revenge.
My patience ends on [Bm] revenge.
[G] _ _ _ I want revenge, [Gb] gonna [Bbm] get some hits.
I need those hits, _ [Bm] [Bbm] I need those hits.
Hit me, _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
loud, those hits.
_ [Ab] [Gm] Carry [G]
on, carry on.
[Bm] _ [Bbm] _ _
Faithful melody.
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bbm] All [Ebm] _
right.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] [Eb] Da dee da da, [G] da dee da da, da dee da da.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Gm] _
The Big [A] Hood.
[Dbm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _